#california-policy

#california-policy

Policies that prohibit individuals from sleeping outside anywhere in the jurisdiction without offering adequate indoor shelter, effectively banishing homeless individuals from the jurisdiction's borders, are both inhumane and impose externalities on neighboring jurisdictions.

When we passed our 'housing first' law we were so intent on reducing barriers to addicts that we inadvertently created new barriers to addicts who wanted to get sober.

The builder's remedy is a penalty for jurisdictions that do not have a substantially compliant housing element, allowing projects to bypass local regulations.